Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case

Appraise subscription growth plans on year-three ARR, minimum cash, and payback, stressed for churn, cycles, pricing, and funding, with hiring gates.

Asset IDSTX-A0194

CategoryDecision and Communication Templates

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Prepared byStratenity Advisory Team

Executive summary

A method for choosing a subscription growth plan that the business can afford, on tested numbers and stresses.

What is inside

What the investment case covers

The asset walks an appraisal lead through defining plans, building the model from the register, running stresses, scoring, and writing the decision record. It includes an options matrix, a plan model layout, and a stress table, with a worked synthetic case.

Four growth plans from current to upmarket
Year-three ARR, burn, and minimum cash from the frozen register
Churn, cycle, price, and funding stresses

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Stratenity Advisory Team. (2026). Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/subscription-unit-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026, www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/subscription-unit-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case." Stratenity Library, 2026. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/subscription-unit-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case.

Stratenity Advisory Team (2026) Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case. Stratenity Library. Available at: https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/decision-and-communication-templates/subscription-unit-economics-options-appraisal-and-investment-case (Accessed: the date of access).

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Subscription unit economics: Options appraisal and investment case

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